To all SSC Station occupants
Thank you for the donations over the past year (2024), it is much appreciated. I am still trying to figure out how to migrate the forums to another community software (probably phpbb) but in the meantime I have updated the forum software to the latest version. SSC has been around a while so their is some very long time members here still using the site, thanks for making SSC home and sorry I haven't been as vocal as I should be in the forums I will try to improve my posting frequency.
Thank you again to all of the members that do take the time to donate a little, it helps keep this station functioning on the outer reaches of space.
-D1-
Saw Shivaree back when they'd just started out. The singer had an extraordinary stage presence, and the guitarist was a master of "dirty sound". The album this track is from has one of the best titles out there: I Oughtta Give You a Shot in the Head for Making Me Live in This Dump
Two tracks from Happy Trails by Quicksilver Messenger Service, which show what you get when two guitarists such as John Cipollina and Gary Duncan take some acid and go into the studio for a recording session. The two tracks run into each other, but I couldn't find them together (other than playing the whole album, that is). The photo is of John Cipollina's awesome custom-built amp stack:
To create his distinctive guitar sound, Cipollina developed this one-of-a-kind amplifier stack. All of his guitars, including the one here, were wired with two leads, one for bass and one for treble. The bass pickup fed into the two Standel bass amps on the bottom of the stack. Each Standel was equipped with two 15-inch speakers. The treble pickups fed the two Fender amps - a Fender Twin Reverb with two 12-inch speakers, and a Fender Dual Showman, that drove the six Wurlitzer horns.
Bit surprised that I haven't seen that guitar rig before...
If you're ever in Cleveland, Ohio, that stack can be seen in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum.
Another drummer with a unique style - Keith Moon!
Mahavishnu was the name given to John McLaughlin by an Indian guru. Seen him a couple of times, most recently when playing as part of Remember Shakti (with Zakir Hussain on tabla - awesome). He's an extraordinary guitar player, and taught Carlos Santana a thing or two.
many of the earliest songs I remember were glam rock.
A few half-decent rock bands went glam, to cash in on the trend. Sweet was one of them. I saw them play the school dance, would you believe, and they were hard rockers back then. That would've been in '69, I think - roughly when Blodwyn Pig released this:
Meanwhile, currently playing chez Cody...
It appears that the Byrds covered a song called 'Goin' Back'
That's a much-covered number from the Goffin/King songwriting partnership.
Here's a cover of a number by another songwriting partnership...
... he died from being electrocuted on stage.
Yep - tragic, was that!
Solstitial salutations, spacefarers!
Released fifty years ago today, Blue is a truly great album. Here's the title track...
In 2020, Blue was rated the third greatest album of all time in Rolling Stone's list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time"
Two rockin' instrumentals (from '69 and '70) by Quicksilver Messenger Service...
Now............gonna slow things some with a bit of magic
Ambient? Yeah, we can do that - but only selectively!
This was probably inspired by Carlos Castaneda's eponymous novel. His Don Juan novels are... interesting!
Then there's this much more recent track, from a rather good album...
I don't listen to much recent music, because most of it is rubbish! However, occasionally a band catch my ear.
The Pretty Reckless is one such band, and here are a couple of tracks from their third album...
really good those tracks.
There are plenty of alt-rock bands out there, most of them fronted by a sexy woman vamping it up, but none of them catch my ear. However, I think The Pretty Reckless have something special. Another track from their third album, which is getting a lot of play time here...
This bit made me think of Doro Pesch
The Queen of Metal - she's been around a while, that's for sure!
Currently playing, chez Cody...
he can't because if he plays any of Garcia's riffs the video gets blocked.
That's insane! The Grateful Dead were probably the most bootlegged band in the history of rock, and they encouraged it. Turn up at one of their earlier gigs with a reel-to-reel, and the crew would likely offer you a direct feed from the sound deck.
what a great guitarist Jerry Garcia was but he can't because if he plays any of Garcia's riffs the video gets blocked
Talking of such, have some Clementine Jam. The two drummers come across well too!
That track is one of the few examples of a so-called 'Bonus Track' on a CD that's actually worth having.
Steve Hillage played in Gong. He was part of the Canterbury scene, as was Caravan...
Pure prog rock! Saw them in 1970 at the local college, stoned-out!
Now,.......
Something far from the beaten path
Something far from the beaten path
If we're going off-piste, we should head for deviation street...
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